jazz singerBorn: 4/25/1917Birthplace: Newport News, Virginia Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, called “the first lady of song,” who blessed thousands of listeners with her unmistakable voice.…
musician, actorBorn: 9/11/1967Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Musician known whose smooth voice and revival of swing and big band have drawn comparisons to Frank Sinatra. Connick was playing…
actorBorn: 7/1/1962Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning actor who played tough cop Frank Pembleton on the critically acclaimed series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–98). Braugher has plenty…
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How It HappensWeatherHurricanes: The Greatest Storms on EarthIt's Different in the TropicsHow It HappensThe Name GameHurricane ForecastingThe Triple Threat The hurricane story begins with a cluster…
(Encyclopedia) ColoradoColoradokōlōräˈᵺō [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, rising from tributaries in the Andes and flowing SE across S central Argentina to the Atlantic Ocean. It marks the…
(Encyclopedia) Grant, George Munro, 1835–1902, Canadian educator and author, b. Nova Scotia, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. From 1877 to 1902 he was principal of Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont.;…
(Encyclopedia) Fort ChipewyanFort Chipewyanchĭpəwīˈən [key], trading post, NE Alta., Canada, at the west end of Lake Athabasca. The old Fort Chipewyan, on the south shore, was built for the North…
The Queen Elizabeth The pinnacle of ocean liner luxury by John Gettings When the near 84,000-ton Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938, it was the largest passenger ship ever built. But…
